WPI breaks ground on $49M building; completes $18M in fundraising
Courtesy WPI
Breaking ground at the new building on Tuesday are (from left) State Senator Michael Moore (D-Millbury), Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty, WPI president Laurie Leshin, WPI trustee Francesca Maltese, WPI Alumni Association president Rachel Delisle, and Warner Fletcher, chair of the Alden I. Trust.
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute broke ground on its Foisie Innovation Studio and announced on Wednesday that alumni had raised $9 million in three months to help bring the project to fruition.
The $49-million, 78,000-square-foot facility includes a robotics lab, makerspace and high-tech classrooms that will allow students to dive into STEM education. The space will allow students to find a commercialization pathway for their projects, according to a release from WPI. The building also includes a three-floor residence hall with space for 140 students.
The new building was partially funded by $18 million in fundraising. In the past 18 months, $9 million of that was raised by 1,300 alumni to meet a $3-million challenge grant from the George I. Alden Trust.
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